Hello and Happy Spring. Time does fly, and I see that we neglected to conclude our thoughts on the characteristics of Chinese herbal formulas. I hope to return to that in the upcoming week or two.
For now, we have noticed a tremendous uptake in callers asking about Harvard Pilgrim insurances. Apparently other offices have made the probably difficult decision to stop taking that insurance. Sarah and I (Kevin) remain in network with Harvard Pilgrim. We have over the past several weeks learned how to be more effective at working with the insurance companies more successfully. I wish I could say it was easy, but unfortunately in some respects it is not particularly easy. Certain plans are harder to verify benefits for, and we ask if you have Harvard Pilgrim it would help us if you would be able to verify if you have acupuncture benefits beforehand. We still do need to check benefits prior to your first visit. This is because we need to know if you have a deductible, how many visits you might expect to get covered, if and what a copay might be, and sometimes people are told they have coverage but we find out they do not, so there is a miscommunication. That should be done before your first visit, and if you upload your information into our portal we can check it, sometimes people send us pictures of their cards which is OK, and you can also just come in and we can make a copy of your card to check. However it is done, we need to check beforehand so as to get the details on the plan. Wouldn’t it be nice if life were simpler!
So, for those with Harvard Pilgrim coverage, looking for a clinic that will accept it, we welcome you to contact us. We also take BCBS, Kevin is in-network with Aetna, and we can check other companies on a case by case basis, there are a few others we are in network with presently.
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to meeting you.